# Famous people that resemble other famous people **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027 "2003-12-31T22:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/101 "2004-01-07T22:35:01Z")
I’ve noticed a marked resemblence between Martin and Charlie Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/102 "2004-01-07T22:38:25Z")
[Josh Lucas](http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800354375&cf=pg&photoid=447103&intl=us) and [Matthew McConaughey](http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800018907&cf=pg&photoid=157072&intl=us) When I saw Sweet Home Alabama, it took me a minute or two to realize it WASN’T the same guy. It also helped that Josh Lucas had a southern accent in that movie. Not sure if he does IRL or not… PS they are both HOT. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/103 "2004-01-08T03:34:40Z")
In my 11th grade English lit book, the photographs of T.S. Eliot and Robert Benchley looked amazingly like McLean Stevenson (best known to a generation of kids as the star of the classic “Hello Larry”) and Jackie Gleason (best known to the same generation as Shefford Buford T. Justice). I’ve never noticed those resemblances in other photos. ---
**Author:** ![MadnessIsAVirtue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MadnessIsAVirtue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadnessIsAVirtue)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/104 "2004-01-08T04:58:47Z")
Helen Hunt and Leelee Sobieski totally. I’ve always thought Christian Slater could play a young Jack Nicholson. They have similar voices too. I think Colin Farrell could easily pass for an older Barret Oliver. Ron Livingston, Colin Farrell and Jesse Bradford could play brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/105 "2004-01-08T05:30:50Z")
BTW, here’s an earlier similar thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=144451](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=144451) ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/106 "2004-01-08T12:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kmg365 \* > \*\*It’s a well-known fact that Barbara has had a thyroid disorder for some time called “Grave’s Disease.” This is what makes her appear 15-20 years older than she really is. People joke about it without knowing what her disease is and without knowing that she is actually younger than her husband. \*\* And that relates how? She looked like the quaker oats guy 20 years ago. Maybe longer, but I hadn’t seen her before then. It isn’t because she is old. It is because she has the same facial stucture and snowy white hair. And before you jump in with, “aha! white hair!” many people go prematurely white without being “old” take Stave Martin for example. I think you are being hyper-PC here. ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/107 "2004-01-08T13:56:12Z")
[Paul Revere](http://www.masterpiece-paintings-gallery.com/copley-paul-revere.htm) and a young Bob Hope. Uncanny. ---
**Author:** ![Chupacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chupacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chupacabra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/108 "2004-01-08T14:39:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phamton \* > \*\*Kyra Sedgwick and Julia Roberts. > [http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p2280.htm](http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p2280.htm) \*\* And, they were cast as sisters in [Something to Talk About](http://imdb.com/title/tt0114496/) ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/109 "2004-01-08T15:22:05Z")
I think [Marisa Tomei](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1295/MarisaTomei_DeGuire_316070_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Tomei,%20Marisa), [Marisol Nichols](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0629653/827Marisol5.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Nichols,%20Marisol), and [Maya Rudolph](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1919/Events/1919/MayaRudolp_Kambo_930087_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Rudolph,%20Maya) could pass as identical triplets. ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/110 "2004-01-08T15:57:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InternetLegend \* > **I’m always getting [Jake Gyllenhall](http://staff.washington.edu/meganw/boy/gyllenhaal2.jpg) and [Tobey Maguire](http://tobeymaguire.virtualave.net/000.jpg) confused.** I’m surprised no one made mention of Tobey Maguire and [K.D. Lang](http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p2080.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Patr100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Patr100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patr100)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/111 "2004-01-08T17:36:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kmg365 \* > \*\*It’s a well-known fact that Barbara has had a thyroid disorder for some time called “Grave’s Disease.” This is what makes her appear 15-20 years older than she really is. People joke about it without knowing what her disease is and without knowing that she is actually younger than her husband. \*\* Her husband, George Bush snr also was diagnosed with Graves Disease in the early 90s and treated successfully. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/112 "2004-01-08T20:15:58Z")
I thought Poppy had Bright’s Disease, not Graves’. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/113 "2004-01-08T21:10:10Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/114 "2004-01-08T21:53:01Z")
My mistake. Interestingly enough, along with George and Barbara, _Millie_ was also diagnosed with Grave’s (although the diagnosis was eventually changed to lupus). The occurence of three incidents of Grave’s Disease in one family prompted the Secret Service to have the water at Camp David tested and the vice-presidential residence tested for lithium and iodine. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/115 "2004-03-21T23:24:21Z")
[Josh Hartnett’s](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0213149/Ss/0213149/ph_4.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Hartnett,%20Josh) gonna grow up to be [Tommy Lee Jones](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0186566/Ss/0186566/8?path=pgallery&path_key=Jones,%20Tommy%20Lee). ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/116 "2004-03-21T23:52:26Z")
I always have trouble telling [Charlize Theron](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/maindetails) and [Ashley Judd](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000171/) apart. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/117 "2004-03-22T04:22:02Z")
[John Kerry](http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/06/gore.bush.01/link.john.kerry.ap.jpg) and [Lurch](http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/lurch7.jpg) [Phoebe Snow](http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/ph004.jpg) and [Al Franken](http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/06.06/photos/newsart.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/118 "2004-03-22T05:37:24Z")
**WIGGUM** mentioned Paul Revere Well I’m going to mention the _other_ **Paul Revere** (of Raiders’ fame) > **[Run For The Wall®](https://rftw.us)** > > We Ride for Those Who Can't There is a resemblance to **Gary Busey** don’t you think? [http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1384/GaryBusey\_Grani\_385229\_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path\_key=Busey,%20Gary](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1384/GaryBusey_Grani_385229_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Busey,%20Gary) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/119 "2004-03-22T05:44:20Z")
Hmmmmmmmmmmm let me try that link to Paul Revere again [Paul Revere Photo](http://www.rftw.org/2002pics/PaulRevereandtheRader'sGaryandDenise.jpg) (Paul is on the right). ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/120 "2004-03-22T06:58:54Z")
For a long time I would confuse[Vanessa Carlton](http://extratv.warnerbros.com/images/02/06/08vanessacarlton_200.jpg) with [Michelle Branch](http://entimg.msn.com/i/75/mu/0212/michellebranch_200x250.jpg) . I think [Jude Law](http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1110000/images/_1111920_jude_law150.jpg) looks like [Ewan McGregor](http://www.closeup.de/articles/nl/200245/Image108.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=7)